The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-17
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OonRo, "a, formerly Hamilton, la boon
Ing an extension Of tho West Virgini
branch Of the Han.p pandle road from No,
Cumberland. ,E9j5 T'7-'
Sweeney & Sons have finished a man
moth puSher for the East Chicago Rollin
MIL Company. II weighs fourteen ton
and Ia ready for shipment. l'5 N
This will be the the last day Of work |,
the mold shops at Hobbs, Brockunier /
Co.'s, and tho iactary will only run nj
the glass Ia worked out OF the furnaces,
Tho work Of rebuilding the Sligo bricl
works is progressing as fast as possible
When completed the works will present
fine appearance, and will bo ono Of The
best equipped along tho river.
The Bellaire steel workers have com
plsted their scale and will present It Il
the manufacturers some time next week
1t Is thought 1t will not bs signed at once
and the plant will close down about two
months. ,fJg; .liz.5 !, n 'E''-
The manufacturers on The Cumberland
branch can now ship brick and pipe tht
same day they are ordered, when they
have them In stock. This gives them I
great advantage over the old way OF ship.
ping, ACROSS the river. 81
The LaBells Glass company OF Bridge.
port, are pushing forward their now work.
with all possible speed. The machine
shop and blacksmith chop are under GOV.
OF, and the factory will be ready for sheet.
Ing some time next week. gag5
Tho new pots for the Standard glass
works at Wellsburg arrived this week and
are being placed In position. Everything
Is being arranged to have these works,
which have been leased from Mr.. Samuel
George by Archie Daugherty and Others,
In full operation by the first week In
January. Blown ware will be manufac.
tursd exClusively. E-f n.
The estimated total Of production Of pig
iron In the United States for 1887 Is placed
ct G,2SS, sos gross tonz. Tho actual pro.
duct in 1856 WAS 1854. 54S gro5s tons,
showing An increase in production for the
present year OF 10S per cent, or 604, ,055
tons. Tho increase wo1ld have been
much greater had it not been for the Com
nellsyille coal strike aud that In the LIE.
high Valley. =
The Jefferson iron works are shut down
in all departments to-day, but the hot nail
machines will resume Monday with prob.
able resumption of the cold machines at
an early day, the cause of the factory stop
being necessary repairs on the engine.
The mill will resume ss soon az the fac.
tory catches up in cutting the nail plate,
OF which there is considerable accumula.
tion.-Ssk,lbenrille Ga:ete.
The Executive Committee OF the presa.
ed glassware manufacturers did not N Get
Thursday as announced. Tho answer Of
the workers' union to their ultimatum.is
etlll In the hands OF their chairman, He
has not yet called meeting to consider it
and the workers are almost all of the
opinion that there will be trouble. No
efforts are being made by either side to
effect compromise. A meeting may be
held to-day. si,. :
Cox Il Morrison, proprietors OF the
Wheeling boiler works, yesterday placed
fourteen foot by sixty-eight inch boile,
In the LsBelle glass works, The boilo,
has forty loot four inch 1ues. The same
trmis now making for the Warwick China
Company sixteen foot by sixty.two inch
steel boiler with fifty four inch flues
This firm is very busy aud is turning out
large quantities Of very fine work.
Preparations for the starting of the
Northwood glass works, Martins Ferry
are going on rapidly, and the concern vii
be ready to operate on January |. Mr.
Northwood says he will be making glass
in just five weeks from the time he firs,
took hold Of the plant. The pots have
been put into the iurnsce and the ret
will be turned on soon. James Smith
formerly OF the Elson, will have charge O.
the blacksmith shop.
The Jefferson Iron Works hope to have
furnace No. ! rebuilt 80 es to be fred or
January 2. No. 2 was not burned out as
reported, but the bricks fell out at the
blasting hole. It had been in constant
operation for twenty.one months and the
run made is considered fair average one
and 1t will not be renewed again for some
time as when No. is finished it will rur
upwards OF two years. The miners will
not 20 to work until its completion, as the
company will have no need OF coke unit
then. a,... -
A telegram from Washington, Pa, says
The Citizens' Oil and Gas company expect
to got q pay streak within the next few
hours at their No. l on the Weill's farm
The company yesterday sold 900 barrels
OF oil to the Standard, being unable to
procure tank cara in which to chip it ia
other parties, for the resaon, it ia claimed
that the Standard has engaged all the tank
csrs in this section in order to keep pro.
ducers from disposing Of their stock tc
other parties. =
The monthly statement OF furnaces Ii
and out OF blast December shows total
as compared with November l, Of l2 les.
furnaces in blast with a weekly capacity
OF 4087 tons less. There are the SAINT
number OF bituminous furnaces, hut thu
weekly capacity is reduced 1867 tons
The totals show BAL furnaces Of all kindl
in blast with weekly capacity of l4l,7G(
tons, and 9l6 out OF blast with weekly
produc! missing Of 50. 1l9 tons. a.
The Browns Station correspondent o
the Ohio Press says: "The Cullen Bros.
who are operating the Island Siding brick
works for the past month, finished burn
ing their first kiln OF q, ,OCO bricks on Sun
day night. They have another kiln Of so,
600 nearly ready for firing. These gen
tlemen are worthy frm-axperiencee
and careful, and II there can bs success.
made Of these brick worko these men vii
succeed. They are manufacturing payer
and propose running through the winter
season aa we'll as the summer"
The Pittsburgh papers say that meet
ing was held by some twenty-five prossec
glassworkers on Wednesday, many o
whom are at present out OF work, and {
preliminary organization effected to form
a cooperative company with new works
to be established near Bsllaire. The cspi
tai atock will be $4,000, divided into lO(
shares Of $500 each, and fully one.third o.
the stock was subacribed at the first meet
ing, The next meeting will take plac,
when the committee In charge has ex
amined the site and inducements offered